Question

A survey of a local high school asked students to name their favorite subject. One out of every 12 students said that their favorite subject was math. If 34 students said that math is their favorite, how many students took the survey

Answer 1

Answer:

408

Step-by-step explanation:

You would set up a proportion of 1/12 = 34/x. You would do the butterfly method and get 1x=408. Then divide 408 by 1 to get 408.

Answer 2

Answer:

408

Step-by-step explanation:

You see the rate is one out of twelve(1/12)

So if 1 now equals 34 (ALWAYS KEEP THE FRACTIONS BALANCED, WHAT YOU DO TO ONE SIDE YOU MUST DO TO THE OTHER)

so to get 1 to 34 you multiplied by 34. So do the same to 12 to get your total number or surveyed students.

Hope I helped!